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REES
,
JOHN CONWAY
(
1870
-
1932
),
Rugby footballer
;

b.
13 Jan. 1870
, he was the son of
ThomasRees
,
Cloth Hall
,
Llandovery
. He was educated at
Llandovery College
and
Jesus College
,
Oxford
; he graduated in
1894
. Later he taught at
Sherborne
,
Rossall
, and
Giggleswick
schools. He was the first
Welshman
to
captain
the
Oxford Rugby Club
, and it was he who introduced the four three-quarter game — he himself played at
centre-three-quarter
. He played for many prominent clubs;
Cardiff
, the
Barbarians
, the ‘
London Welsh
’,
Richmond
,
Blackheath
, and, for four years, with
Llanelly
. He played on three occasions for
Wales
(
1892-4
) and he was a member of the first
Welsh
team to win the ‘
Triple Crown
’. He spent the last thirty years of his life as a
master
and
headmaster
in the north west provinces of
India
; he d.
30 Aug. 1932
.